Posts from February 2009

Net Neutrality Champion Takes Charge in the Senate
Tim Karr
February 20, 2009

The pieces are falling into place to finally pass Net Neutrality.

Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed an economic stimulus bill with $7.2 billion to get fast, affordable, neutral Internet to the nearly half of American homes that don't have it.

Citizens Meeting in Durham, N.C., to Discuss Broadband
Megan Tady
February 11, 2009

Congress’ plans to spend billions of dollars on broadband stimulus couldn’t be more timely. Across the country, millions of Americans are struggling with no or slow Internet access. And we want to hear from them.

McCain and Limbaugh's Murky Crystal Ball
Tim Karr
February 6, 2009

Should it be a surprise that a guy who doesn’t know how to send e-mail can’t grasp why the Internet is important?

Sen. John McCain — known to have never gone online — led the charge on Capitol Hill this week to strip the Internet from President Obama’s economic stimulus package.

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